Latest Happenings In Fortnite And PUBG

With Apex Legends taking the Battle Royale market for quite a few days now, we will go through what the other popular titles are doing on their way. We are here to talk about Fortnite and PUBG. Both the titles are always coming up with something extra. So, let’s see what the developers have in their mind for the players.

Two Factor Authentication Problem Solved

Epic Games received several reports from users who could not get authentication emails on their Fortnite accounts. They went looking for a solution to the problem, as reported on their social media channels.

Credits: Epic Games

Fortunately, the problem was solved within a few hours, and now everything should work properly. The Fortnite developer strongly encourages users to use the new authentication system. In order to avoid problems that may arise given a large number of hackers circulating online.

The ‘ two-factor authentication’ is a simple and effective system to protect your account. You can choose to enter an entry code or received via the app or through your email. The code will be requested when:

The first time you activate this function.

When using a new device

If more than thirty days have elapsed since the last time you logged in.

If you have recently deleted the cookies from your browser

To activate it, through the account settings, click on ” Password and security “. Then activate the chosen verification factors (app or mail, in fact). It’s easy and avoids a lot of hassle if an attacker accesses your account without permission.

Credits: Epic Games

At this moment Valentine ‘s event is active on Fortnite, at the end of which the highly anticipated Season 8 will begin. Epic Games has recently declared that the next season’s Battle Pass will be available for free by completing a series of challenges.

When will the PEL Begin?

The PUBG Europe League (abbreviated as PEL) was postponed to March. The reason for the delay is due to financial and organizational problems. These problems are related to the location in which the event will take place.

Sources close to the organization have confirmed that the delay is due to PUBG Corp. The developer is late in distributing the salaries to StarLadder and, to the teams that are registered in the league. Moreover, as we said, there are also problems related to the headquarters that will host the league. The PEL should have resumed at the end of January. This obviously did not happen and neither PUBG Corp. nor the organizer StarLadder published any official statement.

Credits: PUBG Corp.

G2 Esports unveiled the possible starting date of February 15th but nothing has been confirmed. Since then, everything is silent. The league, as far as we know, is ready to take place in Berlin. A total of sixteen teams will take part in Phase 1, six of which received direct invitations. The remaining ten left their ticket thanks to the qualifying phase which ended last December.

The PEL is part of the new export reality of PUBG. The organizer unveiled it at the last Invitational. It currently represents six regional championships and three competitive circuits of third parties. Last month, the developer announced that it would launch a series of financial initiatives to support teams in all leagues, The major attractive factor was profit sharing.